--- title: Deuteronomy 1:17 (JPS 1917) — Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small an… · tree and pragmatics description: Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of any man; for the judgment is God's; and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.' Who acts: Ye, judgment, cause, I. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ye, judgment, cause, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:DEU:16 # text = Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of any man; for the judgment is God's; and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.' 1 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 respect respect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 17 alike alike ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 23 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 advcl _ _ 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 too too ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nsubj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 50 unto unto ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **respect** | shall | Ye | persons | | judgment | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus | | 2 | **hear** | shall | ye | the small | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer small=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **is** | shall | ye | | | | | of the face of any man; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | the judgment | | | | | 's God | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | the cause | | | | | for you; hard *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **bring** | shall | the cause | | | | | unto me | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hear** | future | I | judgment | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} לֹֽא־תַכִּ֨ירוּ פָנִ֜ים בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט כַּקָּטֹ֤ן כַּגָּדֹל֙ תִּשְׁמָע֔וּן לֹ֤א תָג֙וּרוּ֙ מִפְּנֵי־אִ֔ישׁ כִּ֥י הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט לֵאלֹהִ֣ים ה֑וּא וְהַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִקְשֶׁ֣ה מִכֶּ֔ם תַּקְרִב֥וּן אֵלַ֖י וּשְׁמַעְתִּֽיו׃ [Deuteronomy 1:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.1.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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